[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 23 (Wednesday, March 6, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1615-S1616]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to 
conduct a nomination hearing during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this hearing will 
be to consider the following nominations: Thomas Dorr the nominee for 
Under Secretary of Rural Development; Nancy Bryson, the 
administration's nominee to serve as general counsel for USDA; and 
Grace Daniel and Fred Dailey who are nominated to serve on the Board of 
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 10 
a.m., to conduct an oversight hearing on ``Accounting and Investor 
Protection Issues Raised by Enron and Other Public Companies; Oversight 
of the Accounting Profession, Audit Quality and Independence, and 
Formulation of Accounting Principles.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Environmental and Public Works be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing to receive 
testimony on S. 975, the Community Character Act of 2001; and S. 1079, 
the Brownfield Site Redevelopment Assistance Act of 2001.
  The hearing will be held in SD-406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at

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9:30 a.m., to hold a hearing titled, ``Dirty Bombs''.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: Dr. Steven E. Koonin, Provost, California Institute of 
Technology, Pasadena, CA; Dr. Harry C. Vantine, Division Leader, 
Counter- 
terrorism and Incident Response, Lawrence Livermore National 
Laboratory, Livermore, CA; Dr. Henry C. Kelly, President, Federation of 
American Scientists, Washington, DC; and Dr. Donald D. Cobb, Associate 
Laboratory Director for Threat Reduction, Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
  Panel 2: Dr. Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
March 6, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a hearing entitled ``Who's Doing 
Work for the Government?: Monitoring, Accountability and Competition in 
the Federal and Service Contract Workforce.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed 
hearing on intelligence matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


SUBCOMMITTEE ON ANTITRUST, COMPETITION AND BUSINESS AND CONSUMER RIGHTS

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition and 
Business and Consumer Rights be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 10:30 a.m., in Dirksen 226.
  Witness List: Jeremiah W. ``Jay'' Nixon, Attorney General, State of 
Missouri, Jefferson City, Missouri; Charles W. Ergen, Chairman and CEO, 
Echostar Communications, Littleton, Colorado; Edward O. Fritts, 
President and CEO, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, 
DC; Eddy W. Hartenstein, President and CEO, DIRECTV, Inc., El Segundo, 
California; Gene Kimmelman, Co-Director, Consumers Union, Washington, 
DC; and Robert Pitofsky, former Chairman of the Federal Trade 
Commission, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATION

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation be authorized to meet on Wednesday, March 6, 2002, 
at 2:30 p.m., on the Nation's wireline and wireless communications 
infrastructure in light of September 11.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGING THREATS AND CAPABILITIES

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of Committee on Armed 
Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on the nonproliferation programs of the Department of Energy 
and the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program of the Department of 
Defense in review of the Defense authorization request for fiscal year 
2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on public health

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on 
Public Health, be authorized to meet for a hearing on ``Health 
Tracking: Improving Surveillance of Chronic Conditions and Potential 
Links to Environmental Exposures,'' during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            subcommittee on readiness and management support

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Committee on 
Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate 
on Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 10 a.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on Department of Defense financial management.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on transportation

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct an 
oversight hearing on ``Reauthorization of the HUD McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act Programs.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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